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Doron Ben-David, left and Lior Raz in the fifth season of 'Fauda,' with two episodes depicting the bloody Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023 (Courtesy)
June 29, 2026, 5:55 pm
Viewers warned latest episodes of new ‘Fauda’ season are disturbingly real
Producers of Israeli action drama offer special alert regarding episodes 7 and 8 of Season 5, which portray the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack
By Jessica Steinberg
Rotem Sela, left and Lior Raz star in 'Off Road,' a new show launching on Netflix Israel on June 12, 2025 (Courtesy)
June 12, 2025, 4:20 pm
Lior Raz and Rotem Sela star in ‘Off Road,’ new Netflix reality show
The six-part series launches June 12 on Netflix Israel, and globally on July 10
By Jessica Steinberg
French actor Mélanie Laurent will join the cast of 'Fauda' for the fifth season of the Israeli drama, slated to premiere in Israel in early 2026, followed by a worldwide launch on Netflix (Laurent pic credit Marcel Hartmann/Courtesy)
April 14, 2025, 4:22 pm
Fifth season of ‘Fauda’ to star award-winning French actress
Mélanie Laurent will appear in Israeli drama’s upcoming season, set to premiere in early 2026
By Jessica Steinberg
Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff, one of the co-creators of the Israeli TV drama 'Fauda,' (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
April 19, 2024, 9:47 am
What Matters Now to Mideast analyst Avi Issacharoff: Iran can have nukes in 6 months
Seasoned journalist and ‘Fauda’ co-creator spells out how nuclear Iran must be treated as Israel’s prime existential threat, even as the Jewish state fights on many fronts
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
File: Israeli actor Lior Raz arrives for the premiere of Apple TV+'s "The Crowded Room" at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on June 1, 2023. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP)
February 7, 2024, 2:18 pm
‘Fauda’ star: After Oct. 7, script revised to be ‘tougher,’ more ‘militaristic’
Lior Raz says Hamas’s massacre reduced showrunners’ interest in showing perspective of ‘other side,’ marking departure from previous seasons
By ToI Staff
In this May 30, 2019 photo, an actor waits for his scene on the set of the third season of 'Fauda,' set in Gaza and filmed in Tel Aviv (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
November 6, 2023, 1:27 pm
‘Fauda’ creator Issacharoff: ‘We cannot even imagine’ the extent of Gaza’s tunnels
Veteran reporter and TV writer, a former special forces soldier, says any postwar solution must include the PA: ‘That would be a major blow for Hamas’
By Jessica Steinberg
'Fauda' co-creators Avi Issacharoff (left) and Lior Raz in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
October 23, 2023, 3:17 pm
‘Fauda’ co-creator thought idea of Hamas assault was far-fetched
When Middle East analyst and ‘Fauda’ writer Avi Issacharoff was pitched a script of a cross-border invasion, he scoffed at the idea
By Jessica Steinberg
Amir Khoury (center) as a young Imad Mughniyeh in SHOWTIME's 'Ghosts of Beirut.' (Sifeddine Elamine/SHOWTIME)
May 19, 2023, 4:16 am
Hunting for a ghost: New show depicts CIA-Mossad pursuit of most-wanted terrorist
‘Fauda’ co-creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff team up with Showtime on ‘Ghosts of Beirut,’ a mostly-true account of the assassination of Hezbollah terror chief Imad Mughniyeh
By Amy Spiro
Screen capture from the trailer for Showtime series 'Ghosts of Beirut.' (YouTube. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 20, 2023, 2:31 pm
‘Fauda’ creators drop trailer for new action miniseries
Four-part Showtime drama ‘Ghosts of Beirut’ recalls the 20-year hunt for top Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mughniyeh, allegedly killed in a joint CIA-Mossad operation
By ToI Staff
Actor and 'Fauda' co-creator Lior Raz filming the fourth season of the action drama in November 2021 (Courtesy Yes TV)
January 26, 2023, 1:15 pm
‘Fauda’ tops Lebanon Netflix chart; is in top 10 in UAE, Jordan, Qatar
Co-creator of action series says still not used to success; show is among favorites in 15 other nations, according to streaming giant’s figures
By ToI Staff
'Fauda' co-creators Lior Raz (left) and Avi Issacharoff at a March 6, 2022 press conference about the upcoming fourth season of 'Fauda' (Courtesy Rafi Daluya)
March 11, 2022, 1:08 pm
Podcast: ‘Fauda’ creators talk about fourth season, as art imitates reality
Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff discuss their new storyline and the challenges of writing drama, with commentary from docu filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld, maker of ‘The Real Fauda’
By ToI Staff
Yaakov Zada Daniel (far left), Idan Amedi, Lucy Ayoub, Lior Raz, Doron Ben-David and Rona-Lee Shim'on (far right) at a March 6, 2022 press conference about the upcoming fourth season of 'Fauda.' (Courtesy Rafi Daluya)
March 9, 2022, 6:13 am
As ‘Fauda’ readies fourth season, real-life conflicts hit close to home
New episodes in development will center on Jewish-Arab tensions inside Israel, though creators Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff say they worked on the idea before May’s violence
By Jessica Steinberg
'Fauda' co-creators Avi Issacharoff (left) and Lior Raz in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
January 11, 2022, 8:19 pm
‘Fauda’ creators sell production company to former Disney executives
Hit show’s writers Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz ‘excited and thrilled’ to ink $50 million deal
By Jessica Steinberg
Actor and 'Fauda' co-creator Lior Raz filming the fourth season of the action drama in November 2021 (Courtesy Yes TV)
November 17, 2021, 7:08 pm
‘Fauda,’ Israel’s favorite action drama series, films fourth season
Latest installment will pick up where last season ended, with unrest on Lebanon border and in the West Bank
By Jessica Steinberg
From 'Hit and Run,' the new Netflix series created by 'Fauda' creators Avi Issacharoff and Lior Raz, premiering August 6, 2021. (Courtesy: 'Hit and Run')
September 21, 2021, 9:10 am
Netflix cancels ‘Hit and Run’ after just one season
Thriller from ‘Fauda’ creators reportedly scrapped due to high cost of filming show in both US and Israel
By ToI Staff
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